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hello my name is hannah i am a 13 year old girl from england. i am thinking of becoming a teacher in a foreign country after i have learnt my languages but first i would like to know what is involved in teaching. if anybody could give me some information that would be great my email address is [email protected] thanks.

hello, honey_13

I just wrote to you a few days ago. Please check your e-mail.

argemiro

from Colombia

You're a 13 year old English girl with a dot com e-mail addrees and you've written 14 readers? This is a serious website honey (sic) try to be honest with its users.

Er if you follow the link, you will find that she did not say she wrote any books. Her post quoted someone else who had written some, and the brief piece on her information didn't make that clear. She just responded with a little French at the bottom.

hi its me again. what do you mean this is a serious website?? i only wanted some information on what teaching abroad involved so i could decide whether to take it for a job. what do you mean when you say i havn't writen any books?? if someone could explain everything to me i would be grateful. and my email address is a msn one so it would be .com

Thanks Lorrikeet. Sorry Honey 13. If you can forgive my presumptious impertinence, here's some useful advice beginning with; 'A person who never made a mistake never made anything'...

Regarding your desire to teach here's a couple of ideas. Firstly, you probably know already what you enjoy doing at school so I suggest you aim to get a degree in a subject related to it. One tends to do better in subjects one enjoys. A degree is important because round the world many schools expect an EFL teacher to have one as well as an EFL teaching certificate. A good choice for that would be a Cambridge RSA EFL Certificate. Don't worry too much about jobs, in ten years time there are likely to be many more jobs for EFL teachers than there are now. Incidentally, 'EFL' generally refers to teachers who work in countries where English is not widely spoken. If you like the idea of living abroad say, in the Far East for a year, then it's worth thinking about but it is challenging as well as rewarding! I think its fair to say that if in your heart you feel you want to be a teacher of English living abroad then that is what you will probably do. Be patient, learn about the world (warts and all) and remember the quote at the top. Apologies again for being rude.

Sallam

don't mention it i wasn't offended just a little confused. thanks for your advice it was very helpful. where are you from? your english is very good.